Fair Trade Recycled Pop Top Shoulder Bag

This is a Fair Trade item, meaning that it is made by disadvantaged people that have been given the chance to learn marketable skills making handcrafts to be sold at fair price and a living wage for them. By purchasing a Fair Trade item, you are helping raise the standard of living in the country in which the item is made.

About the Artisan(s)

The founders of BIO Imaginarte take the mantra “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” to heart. The focus of BIO when it began in 1992 was educating Mexico in the need to protect and restore the environment. Working with women who live in several villages as an aspect of its education efforts, BIO helped designed bags and other functional products that are made from manufactured materials, reusing aluminum pop tops, rubber from tires and plastic billboards, as well as recycling paper and candy wrappers. The women are paid a fair price for each piece that they make, which promotes the beauty of handmade products while addressing one of the main causes of environmental deterioration in Mexico—poverty.

Item ID: GWH258